Roll-paper holder and cutter.



PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

0. G. FLETCHER. ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

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UNITED STATES ORLAN D C. FLETCHER,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed February 2,1906. Serial No. 299.135.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLAND C. FLETCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Roll Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in roll-paper holders and cutters; and the especial object of the improvements which form the subject-matter of this application is to provide a device that will hold the cutter under uniform tension without using springs and in which the grasping of the exposed edge of the paper will be facilitated.

General objects of utility and economy of construction are attained through my invention, as will be apparentto those skilled in the art to which it relates.

Referring to the drawings, in which I have shown a preferred embodiment of my inven tion, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention complete. Fig. 2 is a cross-section, on an enlarged scale, through the device and a roll of paper arranged thereon.

My improved holder is composed of the following parts:

(L'G are two vertical wooden standards, the lower ends of which are inserted in iron sockets a, which may be screwed to the counter. The upper ends of the standards are connected by a top cross-bar 6, screws a passing through the bar and into the upper ends'of the standards.

Connected with the standards by screws 0 is a wire frame 0, which is bent at its ends to form eyes to receive the screws and bent intermediate its ends to form a portion 0, which is parallel to the top bar I) and is pend ent from the side members, which are curved outwardly and downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2.

On the side members of the frame, at points adjacent to the portion 0, is secured a cutting-blade 0 the connection being effected by bending the ends of the blade around the side members, and, if desirable, a drop of solder may be used to effect a non-movable attachment between the blades and the side members of the frame. Between the lower or cutting edge of the blade and the portion 0 of the frame sufficient space is left to permit the free passage of two or three thicknesses of the paper d, two being shown in the drawings. The end (i of the roll (1 is passed at least twice through the opening between the cutting edge of the blade and the portion 0 of the frame, thus leaving the frame-bar 0 between a layer of paper, as d, and the body of the roll, as clearly shown. The roll (1 is wound in the usual manner on a core which is suitably journaled in brackets secured to the sides of the standards in the usual man ner, one of the brackets being indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Then the paper is arranged in the manner described, it will be apparent that tension applied to the free end (I will be transmitted to the layer at, which will tend to draw the frame-bar c inwardly against the face of the roll, thus producing a friction or binding of the bar on the roll, which serves to retard the rotation of the latter on its spindle or journals. This checking of the rotation of the roll is equivalent in results to the action of the springs, which are commonly used to press the cutting-blade against the roll, in that it prevents the too free unwinding of the paper, and it is more uniform in its action than the springs because not so easily affected by the decrease of the diameter of the roll. As the frame bar or rod 0 holds the paper layers (1 (Z outward or tangentially from the face of the roll, it facilitates the grasping of the free end of the paper, which is not permitted to hug or follow the contour of the roll, as it does in the devices commonly used.

If considerable friction is desired, three layers of paper may be passed between the blade and the bar c, this point being determined by the quality as to strength and thickness of the paper composing the roll.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1; In a holder and cutter comprising means for rotatably supporting a roll of paper, a frame hung from said means, and consisting of a single wire bent to form two side members and a connecting cross member, and a cutting-blade having its ends secured to the side members of said frame with its cutting edge spaced from the crossmember forming a passage-way to receive the free end of the paper and permit the unwinding of the paper from the roll.

2. In a holder and cutter, means adapted to rotatably support a roll of paper, holding means secured to said supporting means,

said holding means consisting of a'wire frame having its ends secured to said supporting i In testimony whereof I affix my signature means and having-a portion adapted to un- I in presence of two Witnesses. derlie one or more layers of aper on the roll,

and a cuttingdolade secure to said rod with ORLAND FLETCHER 5 a space between the cutting edge and the Witnesses:

paper underlying portion of the frame for the F. BENJAMIN, passage of the free end of the paper. WM. BENNETT MOORE. 

